Well David, These saws have a longish handle protruding back like a knife handle. Both have very fine teeth set pointing back at the user and they cut on the pull stroke. this takes a little getting used to as you start the cut. The teeth are very fine and the cut is incredibly smooth.
One has a stiff back intended largely for dove tail cutting. the other is rather more flexible intended more for gently slicing off pins as in pinned mortise and tenon joints. I have used them to cut small notches out from the inside corner of 45 degree reinforcement blocks where I don't want the corner to engage the 90 degree corner and to flush cut one location where the reinforcement block point is a little too long and protruded into the way of a drawer travel.So far that is it however I will say that cutting on the draw stroke makes a much more easily accurate cut. It is a little odd getting used to starting a cut by gently pushing the saw away. So far I haven't tried hand cutting dove tails. I think that without sight a truly clean accurate dove tail would be difficult to do by hand. One of these pull saws though might work well enough with a decent guide. I have a couple of wooden guides I bought from RNIB about 40 years ago when I was living over there and I remember trying with some hand tools when outfitting a small tenement slum flat in West Ealing and though the joints turned out to be pretty strong they weren't very pretty. I have a little more skill now and some time when I have nothing else to do maybe I'll have another go. For now I remain grateful that God made routers and jigs. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David W Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 1:21 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] new tools > Dale - what are Japanese saws? > > David > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Dale Leavens > Sent: 28 December 2007 00:13 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] new tools > > I got a couple of tools for Christmas, a pair of Japanese saws, I used one > already, a rather spectacular little hand saw. I also got a ratcheting hand > pruner, a rather fine plumb bob and a rather good sliding bevel. It uses a > thumb clamp to lock in the angle so you can operate it with one hand and it > presses flat so you don't have a wing nut in the way. > > I also got an earmuff style electronic hearing protection. 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